The General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council recently issued the "Guiding Opinions on the Overall Planning and Implementation of the Three Control Lines in Land and Space Planning" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions"), and issued a notice requesting all regions and departments to conscientiously implement them in light of actual conditions. implement.
The "Opinions" require that the three control lines (ecological protection red lines, permanent basic farmland, and urban development boundaries) be used as insurmountable red lines for adjusting economic structure, planning industrial development, and promoting urbanization. Based on the evaluation of the carrying capacity of resources and environment and the suitability of land and space development, we will scientifically and orderly plan the layout of ecological, agricultural, urban and other functional spaces, strengthen bottom line constraints, and give priority to ensuring ecological security, food security, and homeland security. In accordance with the requirements of unified base map, unified standard, unified planning and unified platform, the three control lines shall be scientifically delineated and implemented so as not to overlap and conflict. Adhere to the overall planning of land and sea, linkage between upper and lower levels, and regional coordination, and establish and improve the classified management and control mechanism according to the different functions of the three control lines according to the different natural resource endowments and the actual economic and social development of different regions.
The "opinion" proposes that by the end of 2020, in combination with the preparation of land and space planning, we will complete the delineation and landing of three control lines, coordinate and resolve contradictions and conflicts, and incorporate them into the national unified and multi-regulation basic information platform of land and space, so as to form a base map, realize departmental information sharing, and implement strict control. By 2035, by strengthening the implementation and management of land and space planning, strictly observing the three control lines, and guiding the formation of a scientific, moderate and orderly land and space layout system.
The Opinions require that the red line of ecological protection be delineated in accordance with ecological functions. Ecological protection red line refers to the area with special important ecological functions within the scope of ecological space and must be strictly protected. Priority will be given to areas with important ecological functions such as water conservation, biodiversity maintenance, soil and water conservation, wind and sand fixation, and coastal protection, as well as areas with extremely sensitive and fragile soil erosion, desertification, rocky desertification, and coastal erosion. Into the ecological protection red line. Other areas with potential important ecological value are also included in the red line of ecological protection, although they cannot be determined at present. The nature reserves shall be adjusted and optimized, and the nature reserves after assessment shall be included in the red line of ecological protection; if the nature reserves are adjusted, the red line of ecological protection shall be adjusted accordingly.
The Opinions clarify that within the red line of ecological protection, man-made activities are prohibited in principle in the core protection areas of nature reserves, and development and productive construction activities are strictly prohibited in other areas. Under the premise of complying with current laws and regulations, except for major national strategic projects, Only limited man-made activities that do not cause damage to ecological functions are allowed, mainly including: strategic energy resource exploration required by the country's major energy resource security, public welfare natural resources investigation and geological exploration; natural resources, ecological environment monitoring and law enforcement, including hydrology and water resources monitoring and investigation and handling of water related illegal incidents, disaster prevention and emergency rescue activities; non destructive scientific research and observation and specimen collection approved according to law; archaeological investigation and excavation and cultural relics protection activities approved according to law; Moderate visit and tourism without damaging ecological functions and construction of relevant necessary public facilities; the construction and operation and maintenance of linear infrastructure, flood control and water supply facilities that must and cannot be avoided and conform to the land space planning at or above the county level; important ecological restoration projects.
The Opinions require that the boundaries of urban development be delineated in accordance with the requirements of intensive and moderate, green development. Urban development boundary is a regional boundary that can focus on urban development and construction and focus on urban functions due to the needs of urban development in a certain period of time, involving cities, organized towns and various development zones. The demarcation of urban development boundaries is based on the current situation of urban development and construction, comprehensively considering the carrying capacity of resources, population distribution, economic layout, urban and rural coordination, urban development stage and development potential, framing the total amount, limiting the capacity, and preventing the disorderly spread of cities and towns. Scientific reserve a certain proportion of the blank area, leaving room for future development. The construction and development of cities and towns shall not encroach on river courses, lakes and beaches in violation of laws and regulations.
The Opinions pointed out that when there are contradictions in the three control lines, the ecological protection red line must ensure the systematicness and integrity of the ecological function, and ensure that the ecological function is not reduced, the area is not reduced, and the nature is not changed; the permanent basic farmland must ensure an appropriate and reasonable scale and stability. Stability to ensure that the quantity and quality are not reduced; urban development boundaries must avoid important ecological functions and not occupy or occupy less permanent basic farmland. At present, the permanent basic farmland, towns and villages, and mining rights that have been classified as the core protection area of the nature reserve are gradually and orderly withdrawn; those that have been classified as the general control area of the nature reserve are determined whether to withdraw according to the impact on the ecological function. Among them, those that cause obvious impact are gradually and orderly withdrawn, and those that do not cause obvious impact can be properly handled by adjusting the scope of the general control area in accordance with laws and regulations. □ (Keyuanwen)
